"Can you feel the water going in...?"

I'll guess this is the the most common line when giving an enema.

Some other popular lines might be:

• "Are you ready?"

• "Take slow, deep breaths"

• "I'm going to insert the nozzle (or tube)"

• "Tell me if you want me to stop (the flow)"

• "Keep breathing...the cramps will pass"

"You're doing great"

"Just a little ways to go, you're almost finished"

• "This is going to make you feel better"

Back in the day, kids got enemas for just about any malady such as a cold, tummy ache, headache, fever, or for just being lethargic or unruly. In some cases, kids got enemas because it was a particular day of the week. Most every home had an enema bag, sometimes visibly displayed, and sometimes hidden in a drawer or linen closet. Enemas were an accepted method of mitigating many different concerns and issues.

Our parents got enemas as well. They seldom checked into a hospital for an operation or procedure, without getting an enema as part of routine admission procedures. What was good for the goose, was good for the gander, and all of us ducklings as well.

It just happens that some of us developed an extraordinary affection for the magical virtues of a good enema. As far as "feeling the flow", that's just a part of the process. The answer to the question likely resulted in mom, or a nurse, raising or lowering the bag depending on the response. If I'm going solo, it's just a silent and rhetorical aspect of my psyche. Of course I can feel it, and the sensations are wonderful. If I'm not feeling it, well I guess I just need to make some adjustments in order to enjoy those sensations.

Maybe it is an age thing to some extent. We old farts have some wonderful memories and recollections, even if the enema was uncomfortable or given to address some type of negative behavior. When I was 20 something, enemas filled a void when my GF wasn't up to "getting it on".

My dad would sometimes ask how I felt when the water was flowing and urged me to take a lot, because it would not work if I only took a little.

Yes I remember being over my mother's knee and feeling the nozzle going in, then are you ready and the dreaded "click" and then nothing followed by a feeling of warmth as the water entered my bowels and suddenly the pressure and trying to hold it. Mom always asked can you feel it going in followed by take deep breaths and relax and almost finished.

I was four when I remember the practice first as a family comforting to be earned and enjoyed. The "feeling it" question was followed by comforting rubs on my back, butt and legs as the fill made me close my eyes. As my brother was dying of agent orange cancer, he gave me the sign of a happy enema us kids made up. With a right hand fist, the index finger is out but turned down a little. At the same time the letter "O" is formed with the lips. He was on some severe morphine and smiled big with the gesture. No one else in the room even suspected, sister and mom were not there, and it was our private remembrance of many wonderful times.

I bought a 30 inch by half inch, thick wall tube from Optimum health network.com. I cut off the big side hole they had put on it, and using a leather punch worked 7 tiny radial holes near the end. They found a nice Delrin plug for it, that has a radius just slightly larger than the tubing. When this tip assembly is in just passed the squeeze muscle the spray is nicely felt. Also when placed just right, flow control is very effective and fun. The folks would have loved it, but I have only told of this design adjustment here and to the OHN people. Zoro.com has the tubing but I have no idea where to get the plug. Maybe OHN still has some. They are not offering their home-made knoz any more though.

My roommate convinced me to let her give me one. She used a bulb syringe, but; put the tip just barley in me when she squeezed the bulb. The water shot through my rectum and I certainly felt it. It was terribly erotic and I was hooked.

My mother-in-law used to ask my wife whether the felt she water coming in, I think in case of a clogged nozzle or kink in the piping.

This is a good question - not sure how it was worded, and it may have been "is it going in"... but here's the thing - I always had a defiant attitude about the enema I was getting - it's nutty looking back on it, but I would think to myself "I'm not going to let this enema work or win" Like it was something I could defeat or control. So, when I was asked if I could feel it going in I would say NO! - at which point the bag would be raised higher, and needless to say I sure did feel it.

My parents said that too

Hell yes, I can, particularly if the solution is different than that of normal body temperature (warmer, or cooler). Also, I can feel myself slowly filling up, and the urge to expel as the liquid flows in. That's one of the nicest feelings when receiving an enema.

I don't recall the question ever being asked when I was receiving an enema. It is, in fact, a pointless question. What is important is whether or not the enema solution is actually going in. Whether the receiver feels it or not is irrelevant. I guess if the enema was intended to be immediately painful, one could ask it, but I think the receiver's actions / inactions would answer the question without it ever being asked.

I always ask guys that when I'm giving them enemas!!!

Personally I find when the water is slightly on the warmer side I sensually prefer it & do feel it entering me besides the great visual of watching the water diminish as it comes in and sometimes looking at a mirror too. I don't try cold water because that is not appealing to me. It gets to be like a drink, one's preference, on the rocks, a twist of lemon, straight up. the water feeling is one more aspect of the sensuality of taking an enema.

And of course that's a stupid question. Of course I can feel it going in!! I AM human!!

The right question is , "How does it feel right now?"

I agree with Lisa. And it feels wonderful! I especially love it with my silver bullet nozzle as you can feel it warm up as the water begins to flow.

I agree with Marsha. I like the silver bullet nozzle as you can feel the warmth of the water. It makes for a really enjoyable enema.

LisaK said

And of course that's a stupid question. Of course I can feel it going in!! I AM human!!

NOT NECESSARILY.

If you are constipated and the nozzle is inserted into feces the water will not flow through a clogged nozzle.

I need to add a silver bullet. It looks "hot" and must feel great going in, and I can't wait to feel the warmth as it heats up

Edna is on the right track here. Whether hot or cold, the feel of the water going in is just a start to the overall enjoyment of a good enema. I personally prefer it very warm. Added to that sensation is the visual, and then there is filling feeling. All these combine to make the experience enjoyable. I guess speed of delivery counts a little also. I like mine a little faster than most people, I seem to loose the going in feeling very quickly when the fill is slow.

The interaction between giver and receiver is part of the "ambience" in this intimate procedure. If one replies that they don't feel the flow, the giver might raise the bag. When the flow seems a bit too fast, the bag might get lowered. If there is no flow, maybe the nozzle is manipulated so that the flow proceeds.

If one is being punished for some misdeed, perhaps the statement might be "you're getting this enema and I'm going to make you feel it like never before". On the other hand, if one is apprehensive or docile, perhaps the statement might be " don't worry, you'll hardly feel the enema...just relax and take some deep breaths...I'll just rub you a bit down here and take your mind off any discomfort".

I like to experience the multitude of sensations depending on the mood or circumstances. If someone is assisting, the concern or communication is a very positive aspect!

As a child i think most parent knew if it was going in or not lol

Susie: Yep. Clogging happened to me both with the rectal and the douche nozzle (I don't like the latter anyway in the rectum).

I myself one time did a cool enema I had a fever and wanted to bring it down which is what happened alright, but I think it was to cool because all I could do was shiver from being cold. 😃

Of course I remember that question. It was part of the normal dialog between my mother and I during an enema. After my first few enemas mom didn't need to ask anymore. I'd report I was feeling it flow as soon as I did. The initial flow of water was usually kind of chilly because it had been cooling in the hose some minutes. It sometimes gave me a shiver.

I think the dialog I had with mom while she gave me an enema added to the intimacy and pleasure. The pressure of her lubed finger on my anus accompanied by the words "just relax and this won't hurt at all", the feel of the nozzle going in while she asked if it felt OK, and of course the sudden feeling of warmth after hearing the "click", and her asking "doesn't this enema feel good? She believed giving enemas should be something I should enjoy (which I did, and she knew it!)

I like the feeling of it going in! Makes it sexier! 😃

That first sensation of the enema entering my body gives me a real rush. I know what is coming and embrace it.

I love the feeling of the enema going in me especially a very warm enema. It's hard to beat the sexual arousal I get from that feeling.

It has been too many years to remember my parents asking that--it happened in the '50's if it happened at all.

I like to give myself an ice water high enema with my 36" colon tube and 4 qt bag. If I do not retain it too long, I can feel the coolness of the water coming out, but that does not happen often because I take a half hour or more to run the bag empty. Once the colon tube is in most of the way, I do not feel the water going in anyhow. I can get chilled doing it in the winter when the room is on the cool side, so I sometime will do a second one, a warm one, to offset the coming chill. Still, it is nice to have a variety of temperatures of water going into me---the same luke-warm one gets boring.

hankb

Usually I can feel it flowing in. But not always. I find there are a range of different feelings -- temperature, actual pressure of the stream internally, sometimes secondary feelings of the solution further up the colon. Whatever type of feeling it is always exciting.

And watching someone else receive brings back memories of such feelings, which make those experiences exciting too.